Garra-Dungul (Dungul Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001): Ypresian, Egypt
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Conoclypeos delanouei
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Echinoidea
- Spatangoida
- Schizasteridae
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Schizaster sp.
Agassiz 1835
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea multicostata
Deshayes 1832
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| recombined as Cubitostrea multicostata | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Spondylidae
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Spondylus alexandrae
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| Assumed to be mispelt: Sondylus=Spondylys? | ||||||||||
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Nummulitidae
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Nummulites irregularis
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Nummulites deserti
de la Harpe 1883
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Operculina sp.
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Egypt |
| Coordinates: | 31.6° North, 23.4° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 22.3° North, 19.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
| Stage: | Ypresian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Ypresian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 47.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Dungul | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Has been assigned both a lower Eocene age and a late Paleocene-early Eocene age. The formation is Ypresian in age at the type locality. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: A unit composed of shales and limestone interbeds. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: No environmental data reported. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:Comprises taxa mentioned in text as typical of formation, including molluscs and forams. | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Dungul Formation, Garra-Dungul | ||
| Database number: | 41902 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-07-21 22:40:24 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-07-21 22:40:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11199. | E. E. Tawadros. 2001. Geology of Egypt and Libya 1-468 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Clapham] |